List of Irregular Past Tense Verbs

 

COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS IN ENGLISH

 

		REGULAR				IRREGULAR
		Base Form / Past Simple / Past Participle Verb / Verb + ed / Verb + ed (e.g. work /worked /worked) Verbs ending with 'y' Verb / Verb + ied / Verb + ied (e.g. study / studied / studied)				These are ALL different!   Please see below and memorize them!
			V1 Base Form of Verb	V2 Past Simple			V3 Past Participle
			be (is, am, are)	was, were			been
			beat	beat			beaten
			become	became			become
			begin	began			begun
			bend	bent			bent
			bet	bet			bet
			bid	bid			bid
			bite	bit			bitten
			blow	blew			blown
			break	broke			broken
			bring	brought			brought

build burn	built burned/burnt		built burned/burnt

 

buy	bought	bought
catch	caught	caught
choose	chose	chosen
come	came	come
cost	cost	cost
cut	cut	cut
dig	dug	dug
dive	dove	dived
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
dream	dreamed/dreamt	dreamed/dreamt
drive	drove	driven
drink	drank	drunk
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
feel	felt	felt
fight	fought	fought
find	found	found
fly	flew	flown
forget	forgot	forgotten
forgive	forgave	forgiven
freeze	froze	frozen
get	got	gotten

 

give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grow	grew	grown
hang	hung	hung
have	had	had
hear	heard	heard
hide	hid	hidden
hit	hit	hit
hold	held	held
hurt	hurt	hurt
keep	kept	kept
know	knew	known
lay	laid	laid
lead	led	led
leave	left	left
lend	lent	lent
let	let	let
lie	lay	lain
lose	lost	lost
make	made	made
mean	meant	meant
meet	met	met
pay	paid	paid

 

put	put	put
read	read	read
ride	rode	ridden
ring	rang	rung
rise	rose	risen
run	ran	run
say	said	said
see	saw	seen
sell	sold	sold
send	sent	sent
show	showed	shown
shut	shut	shut
sing	sang	sung
sit	sat	sat
sleep	slept	slept
speak	spoke	spoken
spend	spent	spent
stand	stood	stood
swim	swam	swum
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
tear	tore	torn
tell	told	told
think	thought	thought
throw	threw	thrown
understand	understood	understood
wake	woke	woken
wear	wore	worn
win	won	won
write	wrote	written